Copy-holder.



A. 0. WREDE.

COPY HOLDER.

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Patented Apr. 28, 1914 WITNESSES ATTORNEY A. c. wmmp. COPY HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 2, 1912.

. 1,095,059. Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

54 2'5 r a 6 WITNESSES W646 OR ATTO R N EY- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBIN C. WREDE, OF SMITI-IVILLE, TEXAS.

COPY-HOLDER.

To all who: it may concern:

lie it known that I, AunN O. \Vmnm, a citizen of the United States, residing at Smithville. in the county of Bastrop and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Copy-Holder, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in copy holders.

The object. of the present. invention is to improve the construction of copy holders, and to provide a simple. and inexpensive copy holder of strong and durable construction, adapted for holding stenographers note books and other copies and equipped with an etlicientline guide, capable of easy and rapid operation to drop the line indicating means from one line to another with perfect accuracy.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the sec )0 of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the spirit. or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front elevation of av copy holder, constructed inaccordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view on the line 2-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view of the upper portion of the device, illustrating the construction of the on yholding clamp. Fig. 4 is an enlarged ctail view, artly in section, illustrating the normal osition of the operating mechanism. Fig. .i is a similar view, illustrating the position of the parts when the key or lover is lifted or operated. Fig. 6 is a detail view illustrating the manner of ivotin the leg to the body of the copy ho der. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of the slide. Fig. 8 is a similarview of the doggin plate and a portion of'the line guide. l i 9 is a detail perspective view of the'brac cet of the copy clamp.- Fig. 10 is a detail pcrspoctivctvicw of the upper bracket of the guide.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 2, 1912.

Patented Apr. 28, 1914.

Serial No. 707,283.

is illustrated the preferred embodiment of" the invention, the copy holder comprises in its constriwtion a body 1 preferably consisting of av board and designed in use to be supported at an inclination by a rear leg 2,. constructed of channeled metal, or other suitable material, and provided at its upper end with a bond 3 and having laterally extending pivots 4, located at opposite sides thereof and formed by splitting the side flanges 5 and bending the partially severed portions laterally. The pivots 4.- are arranged in openings 6 of spaced lugs or ears 7. The lugs or cars are formed integral with attaching plates 8, which are secured by screws, or other suitable fastening devices to the rear face of the body of the holder. The upper end of the leg 2 is arranged at an angle to the body portion thereof, and it fits against the rear face of the body 1 of the copy holder to limit the outward movement of the leg when the latter supports the copy holder in an inclined position, as illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

The copy holder is equipped at the top with a transversely disposed clamping arm 9, constructed of resilient material, such as sheet metal, and having one end 10 enlarged and provided at the upper and lower edges thereof with integral pivots 11, which are arranged in perforations of cars 12 of a bracket 13. Thebracket 13 consists of an attaching plate or body secured by screws, or other suitable fastening devices to the upper portion of the left hand edge of the body 1 and provided with a laterally extending flange 14, bent at right angles to the plane of the attaching portion of the bracket, and having its terminals bent upwardly to form the cars 12. The free end of the clamping arm 9 is adapted to engage a notch 15 of an upper bracket 16. and is provided at its upper longitudinal edge with a projection 17 arranged to abut against the bracket to prevent the free end of the clamping arm from dropping out of engagement with the notch 15 of the upper bracket, which constitutes a-keeper for the clamping arm. The

stcnographcrsnotc ook 18, or other copy for securing the same on the body 1, may be readily sprung into and out o engagement with the notch 15 of the upper bracket arm 9, which is ada ted to extend across a 16.: f By-this construction a note book or other co ymav be quickly secured on and re- "moved; rom tho'copy holder.

The upper bracltet 16 supports the upper ends of a pair of parallel guide rods 19 and 20, which are supported at their lower ends by a lower bracket 21. Each of the brackets is constructed of sheet metal, or other suitable material and is secured by screws or other suitable fastening devices to the front face of the body 1 at. the top and bottom thereot and is provided at the inner portion with a forwardly or outwardly projecting flange 22, having perforations 23 in wlneh the ends of the guide rods 19 and .20 are secured by bending them or any other suit able means. The upper and lower brackets of the body and presents a flat face to and is.

arranged to engage an arm 28 of an oscillatory dogging plate 29, pivoted at its up )erj portion by a rivet 30, or other suitable astening device to a slide 31.

inwardly by the means hereinafter described to cause it to move the dogging plate in one direction, is automatically swung outwardly and maintained at the limit of its outward movement by a coiled spring 32, mounted at the lower end of the bar 27 on the rounded portion 33 thereof. The bar 27 is provided at its lower end with a slot 34, and the portion 33 between the slot 34 and the inner edge of the bar 27 supports the spring and has the lower pivot 26 mounted on it.

The rods 19 and 20, which are spaced from the front face of the body 1, form a guide for the slide 31, which is provided at its upper and lower ends with flanges 35 and 30 that are slidably connected with the guide rods. The flanges 35 and 36 are provided with alined openings 37 and 38 to receive the rod 19 and the upper tlangc 8-) is provided with a recess 39 111 which the guide rod 20 is arranged. The slide, which is movable along the guide rods 1!) and 20, may, however, )0 mounted on the same in any other desired manner.

The dogging plate, which is arranged at the inner or rear face of the slide, is provided with upper and lower lugs or teeth 410 and 41, arranged in spaced relation" at diflerent elevations and also disposed in slightly overlapping relation, the inner portion of -theupper'tooth or lug being atranged direetly over the inner portion of theilowertoot ifflor lug.. Theteeth or lugs are adaptetlto alternately engage aseries The laterally swinging actuating bar 27, which 1s swung of projections or pins 42, forming stops and projecting from the front face of the body at the space between the guide rods 19 and 20 and arranged at regular inter -'als.

The dogging plate carries a line guide -13, and the lower tooth or lug 41 rests upon one of the projections or pins 42 when the line guide is in proper position beneath a line of the notebook 18. The arm 28, which is arranged at the outer side of the oscillatory dogging plate opposite the lugs or teeth 40 and 41, is rounded at the lower end and extends downwardly and outwardly at an angle or inclination when the line guide 43 is in its normal position with the lower lug or tooth resting upon one of the projections or pins 4), and when the actuating bar 27 is swung inwardly, the dogging plate is oscillated and moved inwardly, which carries the lower lug or tooth to a point beyond the supporting project-ion or pin, and the upper lug or tooth to a point between the said projection or pin and the next upper one of the series. This permits the dogging plate and the line guide to drop from the position illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings to that shown in Fig. 5, and a step by step movement of the slide along the guide is secured. As soon as the pressure is removed from the operating mechanism hereinafter described, the spring 32 swings the actuating bar 27 outwardly, and the dogging plate is autonnitically moved outwardly under the influence of a spring 44' assisted by the weight, of the line guide 43, which is tilted upwardly, as illustrated in Fig. 5 of the drawings, when the dogging )late is swung inwardly. The outward or ackward movement of the dogging plate carries the upper teeth or lug beyond the supporting pin or projection and the lower teeth or lag between the adjacent pins or projections, permitting the said lower lug or tooth to drop upon and be supported by the next lower iin or projection. By these operations the dogging plate, slide and line guide are dropped a distance corresponding to the space or interval between the pins or projections 42,

'lhe hue guide (.(lltSlSl's ot an arm or bar arranged to extend across the note book 18 and provided at its right hand and with an enlargement t5, bent rearwin'dly alul having upper and lower pivots 40, which are arranged in perforations ot lugs or cars 47 carried by the dogging plate. The lugs or cars are formed integral with a metallic stri 1 48, secured to the dogging plate and having its terminals bent outwardly, but the line guide may be hinged to the dogging plate in any other desired manner, and its weight may be made sufficient to actuate the dogging )late in its outward movement without t euse of the spring 44. The

spring 44, which is coiled around a tongue or projection 4.9, has its upper end engaged with a notch of the slide. The tongue 49 is preferably formed integral with the slide by splitting the same at spaced points and bending the partially severed portion out.- wardly, and the said tongue is curved around and engages the coiled portion of the spring 44-. The spring extends downwardly from the tongue 49 and fits a ainst a stop 51, consisting of :1 lug formed integral with the slide. The lower end of the spring is provided with an approximately Lshaped arm 52, which engages the inner edge of the dogging plate, and when the latter is swung inwardly the spring is flexed and placed underteusion to actuate the dogging plate in the outward or return movement thereof.

The actuating bar .27 is connected by a transverse. link with one arm of a key or lever 54, which is V-shaped or of bell crank form. The key or lever 54, which has two upwardly diverging arms arranged at an acute angle, is pivoted at its angle at the bottom by a screw 55, or other suitable fastening device, and it is limited in its outward movement by a stud or projection 56, mounted on the body 1 andextending from the front face thereof. The outer end of the links 53 extends through an opening't'fl of thebar 27, and is provided thereat with suitahlefmeans for engaging the outer face of the bar '27. In the drawings, the outer end 58 of the link 52 is shown threaded and equipped with a nut 59 and a washer 00, but the outer end of the link may be connected with the bar 27 in any other desired manner. The inner arm of the key or lever 54' is provided with a head 61, formed integral with the lever 54, which is constructed of sheet metal or other suitable material. The ends of the head are bent upward to present a slightly concave or dished upper face to enable it to be readily actuated by the thumb or finger of the operator. 'When thehead of the key or lever is depressed, the bar 27 is swung inwardly, and when the operating key or lever is released, it is returned by the spring of the bar 27 from the full line )osition shown in Fig. 5 to its normal position, illustrated in dotted lines in the said figure.

No claim is made in the present application to the clamping arm for engaging a note book or other co y, or the le which supports the copy ll()l( er in an inc incd position.

What is claimed is 1- 1. A copy holder ineludin a body provided with a guide and having a series of stops arranger at intervals, a slide movable along the guide, a doggin r plate movably mounted on the slide an provided wit spaced teeth'arranged to be carried alternately into and out of engagement with the stops to produce a stepby step movement of the slide alon the guide, a line guide carried by the (ogging plate, and operating mechanism for moving the dogging plate in one direction, the said line guide being arranged to be lifted by such movement and adapted to actuate the dogging plate in the opposite direction.

2. A copy holder including a body provided with a guide and having a series oi stops arranged at intervals longitudimilly of the guide, a slide movable along the guide, a (logging plate pivotally mounted on the slide and provided with spaced teeth arranged to be carried alternately into and out of engagement with the stops to produce a step by step movement of the slide alon the guide, a line guide arm carried by the thigging plate, and operating mechanism for swinging the dogging plate in one direction, the line guide arm being arranged to be lifted by such movement and adapted to actuate the dogging plate in the opposite direction.

3. A co )y holder includin a body provided with a "uide and having a series of stops arranged at intervals longitudinally of the guide, a slide movable along the guide, a dogging plate movably mounted on the slide and provided wit-h teeth arranged to be carried alternately into and out/of engagement with the stops to produce a step by ste movement of the slide, a line guide carricc by the slide in such movement, operating mechanism for actuating the dogging plate in one direction, and a spring mounted on the slide and arranged to urge the dogging plate in the opposite direction.

4. 1 copy holder including a. body provided with a scriesof spaced projections or pins, uide rods mounted on the body and spaced from the pins or irojections, a slide mounted on the guide rotls, a vibratory doggin plate carried by the slide and provided wit 1 teeth arranged to be carried alternately into and out of engagement with the projections or pins for producing a step by step movement of the slide, operating mechanism for moving the dogging plate in one direction, and means for automatically actuating the dogging plate to move the same in the opposite direction.

5. A copy holder including a body, upper and lower brackets mounted on the body, spaced parallel rods supported by the brackets, a series of pins projecting from the body and arranged at intervals in spaced relation with the aide rods, a slide mounted on the guide rec s, a dogging )late )ivoted to the slide and provided witi teeti arranged to be carried alternately into and out of engagcment'with the )ins to produce a step v step movement oi the slide, a line guide mounted on the dogging plate, and operating mechanism for actuating the dogging plate.

6. A copy holder includin" a body provided with a fixedguide and iaving a series of fixed projecting stops arranged at intervals, a slide movable alon the guide, a dogging plate mounted on the slide and provided with means for coaet-ing with the stops to )l'Ot'lllOG a step by step movement of the slide, an actuating baror plate hinged at. its inner longitudinal edge and presenting a llat face to the dogging plate and adapted to engage the same in any position of the slide on the guide and operating mechanism mounted on the body and connected with the actuating bar or plate for swinging the btllllL.

T. A copy holder includin a body provided with a fixed guide and iaving a series of stops, a slide movable along the guide, a dogging plate mounted on the slide and provided with means coacting with the stops to wardly one of the arms being providedwith a head adapted to be depressed by the finger, and a. link connected at one end to the other arm of the key and having its other end connected to the actuating bar.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifixed my signathe presence of two witnesses.

ture 1n ALBIN C. \VREDE.

\Vitnesses:

G. G. TANSEY, L. RIGGINB.

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